This poem is dedicated to Pumpkin and reflects on her hard times with Hatsumomo.
My mind and heart are filled with distress
On one side is darkness
On the other is happiness and insecurity
My master ceases to let me breath
I feel I shall be consumed
In darkness
In shadow
In fear
A secured life points in the way of my master
A happy life points in the way of my friend
Which is the right path?
Do which do I choose?
If I do not choose one
The trees of life will pass by me
May the gods help me
In my time of need
My life is surrounded by beauty
But is it really beauty?
Is the beauty only an illusion?
It is all that has proven to be so
I sit in a corner of self reflect
Though the warm spring breeze flows
I feel nothing but ice
A cherry blossom finds its way into my hands
So fragile
So beautiful
Could a cherry blossom lead the same life I do?
All I can hope for me in this life
Is that I find happiness
In something
In someone
In somewhere